Intraoperative Conebeam CT for Assessment of Intracochlear Positioning of Electrode Arrays in Adult Recipients of Cochlear Implants.

Huan Jia Renato Torres Yann Nguyen Daniele De Seta Evelyne Ferrary Hao Wu Olivier Sterkers Daniele Bernardeschi Isabelle Mosnier

Published in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2018)

Intraoperative conebeam CT using the O-arm is a safe, rapid, easy, and reliable procedure to immediately identify a misplacement or foldover of an electrode array. The insertion depth angle, insertion length, and number of electrodes inserted can be accurately assessed.

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